English Nature

NATIONAL PARKS AND ACCESS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1949

WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

DECLARATION OF NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE

PARISHES OF BOWNESS, HOLME EAST WAVER, KIRKBRIDE AND WOODSIDE

COUNTY OF CUMBRIA

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of section 19 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and section 35 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, that by the South Solway Mosses National Nature Reserve No 2 Declaration 2005, made on 25 November 2005, English Nature declared that the land having a total area of 432.13 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the parishes of Bowness, Hole East Waver, Kirkbride and Woodside, in the county of Cumbria and shown single hatched and shaded yellow on the maps attached to the said Declaration, is being held by English Nature and managed as a nature reserve. This Declaration is additional to the land previously declared, which is shown un-hatched and shaded yellow on the attached maps. Certified copies of the South Solway National Nature Reserve No 2 Declaration 2005 have been deposited for public inspection, free of charge, during normal office hours at the offices of Cumbria County Council, Allerdale Borough Council, and at the offices of English Nature at Juniper House, Kendal and Northminster House, Peterborough. Dr D O’Halloran, on behalf of English Nature 25 November 2005.